The book is mainly devoted to the problems facing modern Egypt in various fields. At the same time, on the basis of new Egyptian and foreign sources, it also highlights such key issues of the country's new and modern history as the Napoleonic expedition of 1798-1801, the construction of the Suez Canal. A number of essays tell about mystical and speculative theories that still continue to surround the history of ancient Egypt, about the robbery by the colonialists of the priceless heritage of ancient Egyptian civilization, the difficult path of knowledge by Egyptologists and archaeologists of the life and culture of the ancient Egyptians.